Means for ornamenting picture-frames and furniture.



PATENTED JUNE 30, 1908.

H. RJO'RNSON. MEANS FOR ORNAMENTING PICTURE FRAMES AND FURNITURE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN-30.1908.

u I II I HALVOR BJORNSON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

IVIEANS FOR ORNAMENTING PICTURE-FRAMES AND FURNITURE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 30, 1908.

Application filed January 30, 1908. Serial No. 413,375.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HALVOR BJoRNsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Means for Ornamenting Picture-Frames and Furniture, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in means for ornamenting picture-frames and furniture, and it consists in certain peculiarities of the construction, novel arrangement, and operation of the various arts thereof, as will be hereinafter more ful y set forth and specifically claimed.

The principal object of the invention is to provide means for ornamenting frames or the molding out of which the frames are made, and for ornamentin certain parts of furniture, which shall be simple and inexpensive in construction, strong, durable and attractive in appearance.

Another object of the invention is to provide ornamental means of the above-described character, which, by reason of the peculiar construction and arrangement of the parts, will be protected from the accumulation of dust and soot and may be easily cleaned.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be disclosed in the subjoined description and explanation.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention pertains, to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe it, referring to the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a face view of a iece of wood showing my improved means 'or ornamenting the same, and illustrating a portion of the glass which covers the ornamentation broken away, and which in the present instance is disclosed as a portion of a picture-frame, but it will be understood that said piece of wood may be a ortion of a piece of furniture, such as a mol ing or pane Fig. 2 is a similar view of a portion of a picture-frame, embodying my improved means for ornamenting the same Fig. 3 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken on line 33 of Fig. 1 looking in the direction indicated by the arrows; Fig. 4 is a detached face view of a portion of the ornamentation, showing the manner of making the same, and illustrating it on an enlarged scale; and Fig. 5 is a detached perspective view of a portion of the ornamentaicturetion used for filling in spaces between other parts of the ornaments.

Like numerals of reference, refer to corresponding parts throughout the different views of the drawing.

The reference numeral 10 designates a piece of wood, which in the present instances is shown as a piece of molding or a part of a picture-frame, but it will be understood that it may be a part, such as a panel or piece of molding or other part of a piece of furniture. The piece 10 is provided on its rear surface with a recess 11, and has communicating with said recess and through its face an opening 12 which may be of any suitable size and shape in outlines. Located in the recess 11 of the piece 10 are a series of pieces 13 which are preferably curled and of Wood, but may be formed in various sha es and sizes.

The pieces 13, as we as a number of pieces 14, (see Figs. 1 and 5) constitute the ornamental pieces, and the pieces 13 are preferably made integral with a body 15 of wood by skiving the same so as to leave the pieces 13 attached thereto, as will be readily understood by reference to Fig. 4 of the draw ing. In filling the recess 11 in the piece 10 with the ornamental pieces, a number of the pieces or bodies 15 having the ornamental parts 13 are placed in the recess, so that the straight edges of the pieces 15 will rest against the walls of the recess, while the ornamental parts 13 will be disposed inwardly from said Walls in such a manner that their edges will be presented towards the o ening 12 in the piece 10. As the ornamenta parts 13 are or may be of different sizes and shapes, it is ap arent that there will be spaces between t em, which, if desired, may be filled with detached ornamental ieces 14, which may be made of wood or 0t er suitable material. The recess 11 is provided at the inner portion of each of its sides with a shoulder 16, against which is placed a piece of glass 17 which will rest on the front or face edges of the ornamental pieces 13 and 14, While the back or rear edges of said pieces may rest on a piece of felt 18, or other suitable material, which is secured to the back of the piece 10 and over the recess therein by means of suitable backing 19, thus excluding dust from the recess and the ornamentation therein. In some instances the ornamental parts 13 and 14 may be colored by means of a solution of the desired color or colors.

Having thus fully described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is-

1. The combination with a piece having in its rear surface a recess and in its face an 5 opening communicating With said recess, of

a piece of glass located in the recess, a number of elongated pieces having ornamental skivings attached thereto on one of their sur faces and presenting their opposite surfaces 10 against the Walls of the recess rearwardly from the glass, and means to secure the said pieces and their skivings Within the recess.

2. The combination With a piece having a recess in its rear portion and an opening in its face communicating With said recess, of a piece of glass located in said recess, a number of elongated pieces having ornamental skivings attached to one of their surfaces located with their smooth surfaces against the Walls of the recess rearwardly of the glass, a series of detached ornamental skivings inserted in the spaces between the attached ornamental skivings, and a backing to hold the pieces of skivings in position Within the recess.

HALVOR BJORNSON.

'Witnesses CHAS. C. TILLMAN, M. A. NYMAN. 

